Class Notes Category: Other
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Heerak Christian Kim, M.A. ’91
Heerak Christian Kim, M.A. ’91, was elected as the treasurer of the UCLA Alumni Network for the Washington, DC, area (which includes Washington, DC, northern Virginia, and southern Maryland) for the 2019-2020 term. Kim had served as a board member for the network, for the previous two years, during which time he focused primarily on…
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Frank P. Tomasulo, Ph.D. ’86
Frank P. Tomasulo, Ph.D. ’86, had a revised version of his UCLA dissertation on Italian filmmaker Michelangelo Antonioni published as “Michelangelo Antonioni: Ambiguity in the Modernist Cinema” (Lambert Academic Publishing, 2019). Tomasulo, who received his Ph.D. from the School of Theater, Film and Television, majoring in theater arts, is Core Certified Professor of Graduate Film…
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Evelyn Cortez-Davis ’92
Life member Evelyn Cortez-Davis ’92, P.E. BCEE, is proud to share her immigration story and encourage others to find their voices with her book “December Sky: Beyond My Undocumented Life.” Cortez-Davis received her bachelor’s degree in civil engineering.
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Channing Dungey ’91
Channing Dungey ’91 has joined the Children’s Institute’s Board of Trustees. Before joining Netflix in March as Vice President of Original Series, Dungey had served as President of ABC Entertainment and previously held positions at 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros. She is a founding and current member of Step Up, a nonprofit dedicated to…
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A. Janet Tomiyama, M.A. ’04, Ph.D. ’09
A. Janet Tomiyama, M.A. ’04, Ph.D. ’09, associate professor of psychology at UCLA, was interviewed for the “Boost Your Body Acceptance For Better Health” episode of NPR’s Life Kit. In her interview, Tomiyama discusses weight stigma with NPR Health Editor and Host of the episode Maria Godoy, sharing, “It doesn’t matter what your objective weight…
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Miriam S. Phillips, M.A. ’91
Miriam S. Phillips, M.A. ’91, has begun an innovative Ph.D. program in practice as research in the performing arts and is a guest lecturer in the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance at the University of Limerick. She teaches contemporary dance and dance ethnology. Her dissertation, which will be performed and written, is “Opening…
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Joe Yogerst ’79
Joe Yogerst ’79 has published his first novel, a murder-mystery called “Nemesis” set in 1880’s San Diego when it was a Wild West boomtown. Yogerst worked on the Daily Bruin for four years as a sports writer and sport editor while earning a bachelor’s degree in geography and interning at the L.A. Times. He later…
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Andrea Di Marco ’65
Twenty-five oil and watercolor paintings by Andrea Di Marco ’65 are on display in Carlsbad, CA, throughout October for the community to view. Following careers in executive management and corporate travel, Di Marco, seeking a new challenge, discovered painting. This exhibition, which represents two years of studio art instruction, is her first solo show. Read…
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Gordon Lindeen ’84
Gordon Lindeen ’84 was featured in Lund (Sweden) University’s alumni network blog, in which he reminisced about his experience in the University of California Education Abroad Program. Lindeen, who majored in physics and Scandinavian languages at UCLA, was interviewed for the article by fellow Bruin and UCEAP alumna Karen Paulson ’09, who now works at…
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Erin Condren ’91
Entrepreneur-designer and UCLA Delta Gamma alumna Erin Condren ’91 served as keynote speaker on March 20 at the Blind Children’s Center inaugural “Tables That Bloom” fundraiser in downtown Los Angeles. Founded in 1938 by Delta Gamma alumnae from Southern California, the Blind Children’s Center serves approximately 100 students and 500 family members each year. The…